The Elements of the Science of Comparing Nations
Comparative Political Analysis: A "Risky Business,"
The Building Blocks for the Cross-National Study of Politics
Theory Building and Cross-National Political Analysis
An Introduction to the CROSSNAT. 50 Dataset
The Role of Science and Its Utility for Comparing Nations Summarized
Strategies of Comparative Political Inquiry
Logic of Comparison: Three Basic Strategies
The Ladder of Theory Building
Elaborating Cross-National Research Strategies
The Role of Univariate Analysis in the Science of Comparing Nations
Central Tendency Measures
The Central Limit Theorem
Demonstration 3.1: Histograms
Demonstration 3.2: Treating Sharp Departures from Normal Distributions
Summary Presentation of Univariate Statistics
The Role of the Normal Distribution in Cross-National Research
The Logical Place of the Normal Distribution Within Cross-National Analysis
Demonstration 4.1: Applying the Standard Deviation, Mean, and the Logic of the Normal Curve Within Cross-National Analysis
Variance in the Context of Comparison and Applied Cross-National Analysis
Standardized Residuals: The Z-Score
An Alternative Test for Normality When Using Interval/Ratio-Level Data
The Role of Inferential Measures and Confidence Intervals in Cross-National Research
Measuring National Potential Power: Applying Z-Scores to the Construction of Inferential Index Measures in Cross-National Analysis
